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- 08/06/2021
Barbeque safely this summer
With the warmer weather set to continue this week, Essex County Fire and Rescue Service are re-issuing their barbeque fire safety advice so everyone can enjoy the outdoors safely. Every year the fire service are called to a number of fires that are ...
- 04/06/2021
Fire Service staff volunteer to phone vulnerable people in isolation
During the pandemic, several members of staff from Essex County Fire and Rescue Service have been volunteering their time to call elderly and vulnerable people who have been shielding or isolated. Through Community 360, a Colchester based charity that helps to Improve people’s lives in ...
- 04/06/2021
Hundreds of volunteers help to make Essex roads safer
Just over 1,000 trained volunteers are helping to make Essex’s roads safer as part of Community Speed Watch. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service works with colleagues in the Safer Essex Roads Partnership to support the Community Speed Watch scheme which has more than 1,000 trained ...
- 04/06/2021
Fire Service volunteers help run Essex Fire Museum
Essex Fire Museum opened 15 years ago. It is now one of the most popular fire museums in the country – thanks to the small team of volunteers who run it. Mick Ford spends a day a week at the museum at Grays Fire Station where he has been volunteering for about 13 years. He has also ...
- 03/06/2021
Fire Service staff volunteer more than 20,000 hours during pandemic
Staff from Essex County Fire and Rescue Service have given thousands of hours to the COVID-19 vaccination programme, testing initiatives and in their communities since the start of the pandemic. Over the course of just over a year, around 200 members of staff have given more ...
- 03/06/2021
Fire Service staff volunteer to become vaccinators
More than 10 colleagues from Essex County Fire and Rescue Service have trained as vaccinators and are administering COVID-19 injections. Responding to the national appeal for volunteers, staff at the fire service have undergone 50 hours of training to become fully ...
- 03/06/2021
Firefighter thanked for helping to rescue two kittens
Station Manager Toby Ingham in the Emergency Planning team at Essex County Fire and Rescue Service has been thanked for his role in helping to rescue two four-week-old kittens that fell down a drain in Waltham Abbey over the weekend. Toby was called to rescue the two kittens ...
- 02/06/2021
Fire Cadet praised after using first aid to help a man
Fire Cadet Jack Good from Great Baddow Fire Station has been thanked by a man who he helped after a suspected heart attack using his first aid training gained with Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Jack, one of more than 160 Fire Cadets in Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, has been ...
- 31/05/2021
Fire Service thanks volunteers for their dedication during pandemic
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service has thanked its dedicated volunteers as it celebrates Volunteers’ Week 2021. As part of the national Volunteers’ Week campaign (1 June - 7 June) to thank the country’s volunteers, ECFRS has given a big thank you to its army of ...
- 31/05/2021
Fire Service celebrates Pride month
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service will celebrate Pride month with virtual celebrations for the second year running. The Service's LGBTQ+ staff support group, BEING, will be promoting virtual celebrations for staff to celebrate throughout June. BEING is one of many staff ...